Antarjali Jatra

Antarjali Jatra (The Ultimate Journey, Bengali: অন্তর্জলী যাত্রা), also known as Antarjali Yatra, is a 1987 film directed by Kolkata-based Indian film director Goutam Ghose based on a novel, Mahayatra, by Kamal Kumar Majumdar.^[1] It documents the institution of Kulin Brahmin polygamy in nineteenth-century Bengal. The film opens with Seetaam, a rich Kulin Brahmin, being brought to the bank of the Ganga for a peaceful death, as suggested by his family priest. He did not die, even after waiting for a few days. An astrologer suggested that he would not die without a companion, i.e., a wife. An old Brahmin takes this opportunity to get rid of the burden of his young daughter Yashobati, without dowry, knowing that Seetaram is on his deathbed. Baiju a kind-hearted Chandal tried to reason with Yashobati, a newlywed, to run away. He narrates his inability to be a part of sin by making a funeral pyre for the newlywed and burning a young woman. He tried to reason with her that glory in Sutee is hollow. The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali in 1988. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.^[2][3]

Cast

• Shatrughan Sinha as Baiju
• Vasant Choudhury as Yashobati's Father
• Promode Ganguly as Seetaram
• Rabi Ghosh as an Astrologer
• Shampa Ghosh as Yashobati
• Mohan Agashe as Vaidya (Physician)

Awards

The film got National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali in 1988.

It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the 1988 Cannes Film Festival andGrand Prix at Tashkent Film Festival 1988.

References

External links

• Antarjali Jatra at IMDb

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